Transforming the transport infrastructure in the Three Seas region into a modern, sustainable, efficient and fully integrated public transport system, developing the HSR network in Poland and the Three Seas countries or stimulating economic development through railway projects – these are among the most important themes of the international congress organised by CPK. The first Railway Direction Days 2023 (RDD 2023) industry-level congress is planned to take place in January.
High-speed rail development has been placed at the centre of EU transport policy by the European Commission. Taking advantage of this impulse, the EU countries of the Three Seas Initiative have been developing their railway networks by constructing the first sections of the High Speed Rail system. Projects such as Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) in Poland, together with Rail Baltica and V4 HSR, make an important contribution to the EU’s Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) policy and the goals of the Smart and Sustainable Mobility Strategy, making Europe much better connected, integrated and secure.
These are the topics of the first edition of the Railway Direction Days congress, which is to be held in Warsaw on 18-19 January 2023. The congress is planned to contain two days of debates and discussions on the benefits of transforming the transport infrastructure in the Three Seas region. A particular aspect of the scheduled talks is the impact of the expansion and modernisation of the railway network in the region on the economies of Central and Eastern European countries, the decarbonisation of transport systems as well as increasing the resilience and defence capabilities of European countries.
“The infrastructure mega-projects, which are being implemented in the Three Seas countries, will create a dense and interoperable HSR network in the region, filling in the missing cross-border links in Central and Eastern Europe and building the future of European mobility. The first Railway Direction Days congress provides a unique opportunity to thoroughly discuss, plan and coordinate transport infrastructure modernisation projects implemented by several countries,” said Marcin Horała, Government Plenipotentiary for CPK.
The RDD 2023 congress will bring together almost 40 panellists – transport industry experts from more than a dozen countries, including Agnis Driksna, CEO of RB Rail, which is responsible for the implementation of the Rail Baltica project, Radek Čech, Director of International Cooperation and the EU Department at Správa železnic, Monika Heiming, Executive Director of European Rail Infrastructure Managers or Mark Sadler, Manager of the Climate Funds Management unit at the World Bank.
During the 2 days of the congress, 9 panels on infrastructure and transport topics will be held, including, ‘Development of the HSR network as a boost to economic development of the 3Seas Initiative countries’, ‘The importance of railway projects in the 3Seas region for strengthening security and resilience of the EU and its neighbors’ or ‘Scope and investment process of HSR’ and ‘Passenger perspective of HSR’. A detailed programme and list of all the panellists is available at www.railwaydirectiondays.com.
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) is a new transport development program in Poland – a strategic investment that is extremely important for the economic development of the country and the region and, of utmost importance, the security of Europe as a whole. It’s a great infrastructure project on an incredible scale to integrate air, rail, and road transportation quickly and efficiently. The CPK project includes, among others, rail investments: a transport hub at the airport in the centre of Poland and a network of new railway lines, mainly high speed, with a total length of nearly 2,000 km. This will make it possible to travel between Warsaw and Poland’ s largest cities in no more than 2.5 hours.
The first preparatory construction work on new CPK airport is planned to begin in 2023.
For information: Maciej Kaczanowski
tel.: +48 539 188 898 / e-mail: media@cpk.pl
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